An illegal immigrant who is charged with beheading his boss had been released from immigration detention in January after his home country of Cuba refused him entry because of his criminal history.
Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly beheading his boss, Chandra Nagamallaiah, 50, and kicking his head around. The grisly killing was allegedly over an argument about a washing machine. Jail records viewed by NBC News showed he was being held without bond in the Dallas County Jail on an immigration detainer.
The Department of Homeland Security identified Cobos-Martinez as a Cuban national who was previously held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in a detention center near Dallas. He was released in January after Cuba “would not accept him because of his criminal history,” the outlet reported.
The statement said the case supported President Donald Trump’s new policy of deporting illegal immigrants with dangerous criminal histories to third countries to which they have no relation.
According to an affidavit, Cobos-Martinez grew upset with Nagamallaiah when he tried to get a woman to translate when speaking with the Cuban. He allegedly grabbed a machete and began pursuing the manager.
Security footage of the incident, released online, showed Nagamallaiah screaming while running from Cobos-Martinez, begging for mercy. Two women attempted to intervene after the motel manager fell to the ground, but Cobos-Martinez allegedly pushed them away and hacked Nagamallaiah to death. As more people around the motel arrived and watched in horror, Cobos-Martinez allegedly beheaded Nagamallaiah and began kicking his head across the parking lot. He then picked it up and threw it in a dumpster as first responders arrived.
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The first responders pursued Cobos-Martinez as he fled the scene. Police quickly detained him. He is being charged with capital murder.
The grisly video of the incident went viral, coming shortly after the videos of Iryna Zarutska being stabbed to death on a train and Charlie Kirk being assassinated also went viral.
